Perambulating Corn Show to Tour Southeastern Kansas
A prize corn exhibit from the Agricultural college will travel by rail on the Missouri Pacific line through 15 towns in Southeastern Kansas from January 21 to February 2. The exhibit includes 150 samples in ten cars with drills on corn judging and lectures on breeding and cultivation. County superintendents may excuse boys from school for visits to hear lectures and see stereopticon demonstrations.
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Agricultural College
Missouri Pacific
Southeastern Kansas
Topeka
Kansas
Colferé
Osage County Seeks New Railroad Line for Development
Osage County residents welcome a proposed railroad to open vast coal deposits and spur growth. The plan envisions an electric road from Auburn to Burlington via Scranton Lincoln Olivet and other nearby points in the region.
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Osage County
Auburn
Burlington
Scranton
Lyncon
Olivet
High corn yields reported on alfalfa ground in county
Two Pottawatomie county farmers produced 117 and 120 bushels per acre on alfalfa sod with 25 acre fields. The 120 bushels per acre came from land that had alfalfa nine years, the second corn crop since breaking the sod. Also, county High School boys reportedly ducked Professor Willis after breaking a window at Aaron A Richardson’s Wellington home, offering to pay damages.
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Pottawatomie County
County High School
Aaron A. Richardson
Wellington
Prof. Willis
Tragic Quarry Death Of Debarta At Independence
An 18 year old station boy Debarta died at the Western States Cement plant quarry in Independence after a car was pushed under a steam shovel. A signaling error left him unable to escape as a load of stone toppled onto the vehicle.
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Debarta
Western States Cement Plant
Independence
Gas Main Tampering Strikes City After Franchise Revocation
Argentine municipal officials and council members used picks and shovels to remove part of a gas main supplying a city area. The gas franchise had been revoked yet the company continued to operate and swift measures were taken to address the disruption.
Leavenworth man Julius Meineke Jr commits suicide
Julius J Meineke Jr a young Leavenworth businessman killed himself with a revolver at his father s house after long sadness following his mother s death last summer. The article notes his depression and final act. It also mentions a large enrollment at the state Agricultural College and a Southwest Kansas Farmers and Shippers League meeting advocating reciprocal demurrage and transit speed regulation with delegates from seven counties.
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Leavenworth
Meineke
Kangas
Farmers’ and Shippers’ League
Garden ,City
Postmaster Hogan Praises Dean’s Kidney Pills
In Austin Texas Captain J W Hogan former Indianola postmaster reports years of loins hip and shoulder pain headaches neuralgia and eye trouble. After trying many treatments he credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with a complete recovery and restored eyesight. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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J. W. Hogan
Indianola
Austin
Tex
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Autocratic Revivalists in Shropshire Religious Meetings
The earl and countess of Tankerville, with Countess Lenora Van Marter, Americans, host crowded religious gatherings in Shropshire England. The earl, a House of Lords member, and his wife are noted art lovers and active in this movement.
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Tankerville
Shropshire
England
Lenora van Marter
House of Lords
Roman Relics Unearthed While Diverting Welsh Road
Workingmen at Welwyn Hertfordshire diverted a roadway when excavations uncovered seven Roman urns in good preservation, a Roman spur, two drinking bowls six inches high, a smaller cup, a bowl, bronze plate fragments, an iron standard, and a small urn about six inches high.
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Wales
Welwyn
Herts
Wates
Head Shape Theory Sparks At German Medical Meeting
Dr Walcher of Stuttgart presented a sensational theory on infant head formation at a German naturalists and doctors convention. He claimed artificial shaping is possible by resting position, citing a case where a child’s head lengthened after 18 months due to repeated side resting on hard surfaces.
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Walcher
Stuttgart
Stimulant Use Questioned by Western Resident
A 56 year old resident of a western state critiques stimulants calling them a energy mortgage. He reports giving up coffee for Postum Food Coffee months ago and notes improved rheumatism sleep nerves and mental clarity. The testimonial cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Grand Trunk Pacific to Aid Western Canada Grain Trade
C M Hays president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway says the line will help move Western Canadian grain from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba to tide water for 1907. Wheat harvest in 1906 reached about 90 million bushels with expectations of 125 million in 1907 amid growing homestead openings and settlers.
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Western Canada
Seaboard
C. M. Hays
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Hays
Portage la Prairie
Edmonton
Grand Trunk Pacific Road
Canada
Braille weeklies gain notice in London daily paper
The London Daily Mail plans a weekly edition for the blind. Braille journals, long in use though rarely seen by the public, include the Weekly Summary first issued on June 1, 1892 and the Braille Weekly begun last year in Edinburgh, both sold below cost with no profit to promoters.
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London Daily Mail
Edinburgh
Scaly Eruption Cured by Cuticura After Years of Trial
A man describes a decade of severe itching and widespread sores on his body that resisted arsenic remedies iodine and salves. After trying many treatments he used Cuticura Ointment and Soap and was fully cured hair restored, and he offers to write to others about his experience.
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Hiram Mattingly
Vermillion
Piles Treated With PaZO Ointment Promise Cure
Advert says PaZO Ointment cures itching bleeding prolapsing piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Claims guarantee and refund if not cured. Includes medicinal claim and a local origin mark.
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O'lc
Garfield Tea Ad Promises Quick Relief for Digestive Ailments
An old advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a mild laxative to ease bilious attacks headaches indigestion and colds. It claims guaranteed safety under the Pure Food Law and targets readers seeking fast digestive relief.
Fine Feat of Engineering Lifts 65-Ton Lighthouse
A 65 ton range light, 65 feet high, was moved at Ashtabula without disassembly. Placed on a lighter, towed five miles to a new site, then raised by jacks and rolled on rollers with guy ropes steadying it during the transfer.
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Ashtabula
Wey Pest
Ceh Sicebss
anyZiginge
Guy
Brandreth's Pills Enduring Family Remedy
Morning headaches and dull aches signal liver or bowel imbalance. Nature warns for gentle help from Brandreth's Pills, a trusted laxative tonic used for over a century. Sold in drug stores plain or sugar-coated.
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Brandreth
London Lawyer Turns Novelist in A Sherlock Holmes Styled Mystery
A London lawyer A. C. Fox-Davis author of 54 law volumes writes a detective tale asserting law is sound. He notes the story follows a Sher dock Holmes style and claims the law is right, though he found it wrong in real life.
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A. C. Fox-Davis
London
Sherdock Holmes
Maine cross roads storekeeper talks of stock and revenge
In a fragmented Maine scene a storekeeper denies stocking items while steering a customer to the post office and barber shop. He muses about retaliation for a debt owed by Hen Passley, suggesting a violent outcome if forced.
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Maine
Androscogginskiggih
Tregion
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